At least 48 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in tribal fighting in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur, the Red Crescent said yesterday.

No forest land, reserve or not, can be allocated or leased out if that could damage the country’s forest, the High Court said yesterday.

At least 445 Bangladeshis were detained in the last two months while returning home from India without any travel documents.

Police have filed a case against 75 Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, and Swechhasebok Dal men over attacking law enforcers in Bogura town’s Khokon Park area on Wednesday.

Mehrunnesa, a seventh grader at Sharodeshwari Girls High School in Dinajpur, stopped attending classes as her parents could not buy her a uniform.

A little ringed plover, a common sight during the winter, in Chapainawabganj’s Namorajarampur. For some, it appears bespectacled, while it reminds others of old-timey bandits.

Two Indian soldiers were killed yesterday in a gunfight with suspected militants along the border that divides the disputed territory of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, officials said.

A special court of environment department yesterday awarded a former chairman of Bandarban Sadar upazila with 10 years’ imprisonment and Tk 17 lakh fine for illegally establishing a brick kiln near the country’s highest peak Tazing Dong.

At least 11 people, including five policemen, were injured in a clash between Chhatra Dal men and police in Bogura town’s Khokon Park area yesterday over walking on the Shaheed Minar wearing shoes.

The forest department has halted its move to cut 6,632 trees in Srimangal, including natural fruit trees which are the source of food for wildlife, after it led to protests and drew flak from environmentalists.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated the 25th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), announcing the “Light Engineering goods” as “Product of the Year” for 2020.

Bangladeshis made up a large part of the 195,471 undocumented migrants who registered under the Malaysian government’s amnesty programme “Back for Good (B4G)”, which ended on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would bring his divided nation back together next year when Britain leaves the European Union, telling Britons they were set for a “fantastic year and a remarkable decade”.

The United States called on China on Tuesday to release Pastor Wang Yi, the leader of an unofficial Protestant church who was sentenced to nine years in prison.

For months, their rallying cry has been “We want our country!” Now, Iraq’s anti-government demonstrators insist they won’t let the dramatic escalation between the United States and Iran steal their thunder.

The daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has denied allegations of financial irregularities after a court froze her bank accounts, calling the claims “politically motivated”.

Algeria’s richest man Issad Rebrab walked free on time served early yesterday after a court sentenced him to six months for tax, banking and customs offences.

Mexico’s ambassador to Bolivia left the country Tuesday after being expelled by the interim government following a diplomatic row over her embassy’s sheltering of officials linked to ex-president Evo Morales.

The Arab League urged the warring sides in Libya on Tuesday not to do anything that might enable the deployment of foreign fighters in the North African country and worsen its conflict.

Many workers of nine state-run jute mills in Khulna fell sick as they continued their fast-unto-death for the fourth consecutive day yesterday to press home their 11-point demand.